CDC: United States Birth Rate Hit Record Low in 2025

The U.S. birth rate hit a record low in 2025, according to a new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Last year, there were 3,606,400 births — a one percent decline from 2024. The general fertility rate also fell by one percent from 2024, to 53.1 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, the CDC found. “The [general fertility] rate has generally declined since 2007, decreasing by 23 percent,” the CDC report states. At the same time, the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute estimated that more than 1.1 million unborn babies were...